Nigerian writer and essayist Tolu Daniel has joined Saraba Magazine as Editor-at-Large, with a particular focus on curating and editing nonfiction.
In this role, Tolu Daniel will help shape Saraba’s nonfiction publishing, working with writers and commissioning work across the breadth of the form from essays and criticism to memoir, cultural writing and more experimental approaches to nonfiction.
His appointment comes as Saraba Magazine continues to build on its long history of publishing ambitious writing from Africa and its diasporas. Since its founding in 2009, the magazine has been a space for emerging and established writers to experiment, take risks and produce work attentive to both literary craft and the world around us.
As Editor-at-Large, Tolu Daniel will bring his editorial perspective to Saraba’s nonfiction while contributing more broadly to the magazine’s evolving editorial vision.
Speaking with excitement about his new role, Tolu Daniel said:
“Saraba has been an important part of my journey towards becoming the type of writer I am today, so taking on this role feels both meaningful and full of possibility. I am excited to contribute to a magazine whose history is bound up with the possibilities of African writing, and to help create room for new voices, unexpected conversations, and work that challenges how we think about literature and the worlds it makes possible. I look forward to being part of Saraba’s next chapter.”
In the words of the Saraba Magazine team:
“We are delighted to welcome Tolu to Saraba. Nonfiction has always been an important part of the magazine, and we want to give it greater space, range and ambition. Tolu is a writer and editor whose curiosity and sensibility make him an exciting person to help us imagine what nonfiction at Saraba can become.”
The appointment forms part of Saraba’s renewed publishing programme following the magazine’s revival, with new work, editorial projects and opportunities for writers to be announced in the coming months.
An MFA Creative Writing graduate from Washington University in St. Louis, Tolu Daniel attended Kansas State University, where he was awarded the Seaton Fellowship, Peggy & Gary Edwards Scholarship and the Popkins Scholarship for Creative Writing. He is the curator of Ellipsis, a newsletter featuring diasporic voices on Culture, Migration, Displacement, & Literature via Personal Essays & Interviews. His essays and short stories have appeared on Catapult.com, Olongo Africa, The Nasiona Magazine, Lolwe, Prachya Review, Elsewhere Literary Journal, and a few other places. He is also a recipient of numerous awards across the globe.
Congratulations, Tolu Daniel.
